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Owls
Ref no: 106
Price:
£7.99
Description:
You thought owls were bemused intellectuals? In fact they are deadly
killing machines, with terrifying talons, advanced 'earsight' and cunningly
silent flight. You thought they only flew at night? In fact Short-eared owls
usually hunts in daytime. You believed owls just lived in woodland? The
little owl lives in park or farmland, and most Barn owls prefer moorland and
pasture. The Short-eared owl likes wide open spaces of moorland or coastal
marshes. Tawnys also live in most of our cities.
This fascinating book reveals all sorts
of curious and unexpected facts about our five British owls, and some
oddities about foreign ones - such as the unique fishing owls of Africa and
southern Asia. Then there's the burrowing American owls who live
underground.
The book also gives helpful suggestions on how to observe and count your
local owls. There's information on how to assist in protecting them, since
owl numbers (particularly Barn owls) are on the decline.
Some of the sections include:
• Evolving owls
• British owls
• Euro-owls
• Sound pictures
• Owl talk
• Seeing in the dark
• Feet are for killing
• Pellets
• The owls menu
• Display
• The nest
• Nest boxes
• Sex and the single owl
• Breeding seasons
• Owl eggs
• First aid
• Studying owls
• Folklore
• How many owls
Plus much more +++
Highly informative and very easy reading
Features:
Paperback
Written by Chris Mead
128 pages (almost every page features an illustration, cartoon, chart or map)
Approx 21cm x 14.5cm
Published by Whittet Books
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